Blacking-box holder



(No Model.)

B. W. PERKINS BLACKING BOX IIOLDER.

No. 466,895. Patented Jan. 12,1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELNATHAN IV. PERKINS, OF NORTH BERWIGK, MAINE.

BLACKlNG-BOX HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,895, dated. January12, 1892. Application filed March 20,1889. Serial NO- 3041028. (N0model.)

110 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELNATHAN W. PERKINS, of the town of North Berwick,in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Blacking-Box Holders, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This improved blacking-box holder is composed of a fixed and movablejaw, each preferably of an arc shape, to grasp the box at opposite sidesand the movable jaw to be selfadjustable, in combination with a baseholding both of said jaws and having a handle for convenience inhandling it and legs to rest it upon, all substantially as hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is an edgeelevation of the blacking-box holder. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinalvertical section. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a transverse verticalsection, line 4 4, Fig. 3.

In the drawings, A is the fixed jaw,B is the movable jaw, and O is thebase or support. Each jaw preferably is of arc shape from end to end,and the fixed jaw is located at one end of the base 0, having at theother end a handle D for convenience in handling the holder. The movablejaw Bis located and rests on and is between the fixed jaw A and handle Dof the base 0, and it is opposed to and movable toward and away from thefixed jaw A. The base 0 between the jaws A B supports the 'blacking-boxE, as shown, and the jaws A B, acting on its opposite sides, hold itagainst accidental escape, as will hereinafter appear.

F is a strut held on movable jaw B at its center, and G is a strut heldon base 0 directly opposite to strut F of jaw 13.

H is a headed and horizontal pin, at one end held on strut of movablejaw and passing loosely through strut G of base 0, with its head a atouter side of said strut G.

J is a spring coiled about the pin I1 and confined end to end betweenthe struts F G. The combination of struts F G, connecting headed pin H,and coiled spring J, all as described, co-operate to render the movablejaw B self-adjustable within given limits to the size of box E, placedon the base 0 between the jawsA B,and to secure a propel-grip and holdof the box, whatever its size, as stated, between the jaws and on thebase and against accidental escape.

K K K K are legs of the base G and acting as rests therefor, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent', is

A holder for a blacking-box, composed of a base 0, with legs K and ahandle D, clampjaws A B, diametrically situated on and the jaw A fixedand the jaw B movable on the base 0, and opposed struts F G, one held onmovable jaw B and the other held on base 0, in combination with ahorizontal pin H, fixed on said strut F, extending therefrom looselythrough said strut G and at its outer end having a shoulder or head, andwith a spring J coiled about said pin II and confined end to end betweensaid struts, all as particularly described, and for the purposesspecified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the pesrence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ELNATHAN WV. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

' ALBERT W. BROWN,

HENRY F. MCKEEVER.

